Peyee Chen, Ensemble Proton Bern & Luigi Gaggero - Samuel Andreyev: In Glow of Like Seclusion (2023) [Digital Download 24/96]

Samuel Andreyev’s music is incredibly varied, from the sparse resonance of the Sonata da Camera, the ‘cartoon music’ – as the composer puts it -of Vérifications, characterised by primary colours and strong instrumental timbres; the Sextet in Two Parts which in contrast focuses on minute timbral shadings; and of course the cantata for solo voice and ensemble which is the title track of the album.

Performed by ensemble proton bern, conducted by Luigi Gaggero with the magical soprano voice of Peyee Chen on In Glow of Like Seclusion (set to verse by J. H. Prynne), this album was beautifully captured in Zurich in 2022.

Samuel Andreyev’s music has been featured in portrait concerts in Bern, Geneva, Toronto, Paris, Kyiv, Strasbourg, Montréal, Tours, and many other cities. Andreyev is a laureat of the Henri Dutilleux Prize (2012, for ‘Night Division’), and the Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs (2020, for ‘Vérifications’). He is also Vice President of the music council of the Fondation Prince Pierre (Monaco). With his YouTube channel and Podcast, Samuel Andreyev presents lectures on musical topics, as well as long-form interviews with prominent musicians as varied as Brian Ferneyhough, every member of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, Linda Catlin Smith, Hugues Dufourt, Adam Neely and countless others. He has twice been a featured guest on the Jordan Peterson Podcast, in addition to appearances on Vox, The Symbolic World, Classical Chats and many others.

Peyee Chen, soprano
Ensemble Proton Bern
Luigi Gaggero, conductor

Tracklist:
01. Andreyev: Sonata da camera
02. Andreyev: Sextet in 2 Parts: No. 1, —
03. Andreyev: Sextet in 2 Parts: No. 2, —
04. Andreyev: Vérifications: I. —
05. Andreyev: Vérifications: II. —
06. Andreyev: Vérifications: III. —
07. Andreyev: Vérifications: IV. —
08. Andreyev: In Glow of Like Seclusion: No. 1, All Such to Life
09. Andreyev: In Glow of Like Seclusion: No. 2, To Eye Apart
10. Andreyev: In Glow of Like Seclusion: No. 3, Impromptu I
11. Andreyev: In Glow of Like Seclusion: No. 4, Not Far
12. Andreyev: In Glow of Like Seclusion: No. 5, How Smart We Are
13. Andreyev: In Glow of Like Seclusion: No. 6, Impromptu II
14. Andreyev: In Glow of Like Seclusion: No. 7, Lark Advent


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